Edward Michael George on goofing with definitions

The law (and the rights that it protects) depends on language and not the other way around. Thus, a man may swat a fly and rest assured that he will not be charged with murder.
So long, that is, as the definition of murder remains intact.
Alter language–even if it is for so noble-seeming a purpose as [...]

Fetal memory

I’ve heard it said that George Tiller’s phrase went something like, the woman is the patient, the fetus is the problem or some such:
The unborn have memories, according to medical researchers who used sound and vibration stimulation, combined with sonography, to reveal that the human fetus displays short-term memory from at least 30 weeks gestation [...]

Eau de jus

If you can’t look another glass of orange juice in the eye again after this, you can thank fellow reader cowardly lion.
And because it got me curious, click through the photo series Mystery Meat Macrophotography. If that doesn’t turn you into a self-grown, grass-fed beef, 100 mile diet eating hippy, nothing will.